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Every year during the summer months in Buenos Aires the stray animal population swells out of control. Domesticated dogs and cats find themselves on the streets for the first time, scared, disoriented, darting between cars and buses and scrounging for food. There is one cause for their terrible fate: human irresponsibility. As the city’s […]

Wander through Buenos Aires’ streets, parks and plazas and you will see an abundance of abandoned animals. Nowhere in the city is the stray animal population more noticeable for visitors than in the ‘Jardín Gatonico’ (or ‘Cat Garden’) as the city’s Botanical Garden is sometimes jokingly called. Amongst the exotic trees and plant life of […]

The city of Buenos Aires has formed a program to address the animal control problem with preventive mass sterilization. Mari Atúnez, long-time animal protectionist and head of the new Animal Protection Agency says they plan to sterilize 100,000 of the city’s animals annually. Currently, the city sterilizes about 6,000 animals per year. The agency will […]

* Post updated 2017. Due to peso fluctuation, amounts are quoted in U.S. dollars The most frequently asked question of all about teaching English as a second language in Argentina has to do with the payscale. There are many people who eek out a living as English teachers in Argentina and even more who get […]

Teaching English is a great way to make some pesos while living in Argentina. Due to the flexibility of teacher hours, you can tailor your schedule to be part-time or full-time, depending on your needs. If you’re here to study or just to travel, teaching a few classes is a good way to offset some […]